Transplanter implement



IINTTED STATES .1

ATENT Friend@ ORVILLE I. MILLAR, OF AUGUSTA, MICHIGAN.

TRANSPLANTER IIVIPLEIVIEN'T.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,519, dated July 19, 1898.

Application tiled .Tuly 27, 1897. Serial No. 646,129. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORVILLE I. MILLAR, of Augusta, in the county of Kalamazoo and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Transplanter Implements and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has reference to a novel construction in a transplanting implement, the object being to provide a device of this character that can be readily employed for transplanting plants without injuring the roots or unnecessarily disturbing the earth surrounding the same.

rIhe invention consists in the features of construction hereinafter fully described and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective View of a transplanting implement constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken through the upper end' portion of the implement and through the pivotal connection between the edges of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the bindingstrip partially raised. Fig. i is a side elevation with the binding-strip removed and the lower end of the transplanter spread a considerable distance. i

Referring now to said drawings, l indicates the body of the transplanter, which is conveniently made of sheet metal and which is provided with a wire or beaded edge 2. The upright edges of the body portion l are provided with flanges 3, which extend from a point near the upper end to the lower end, and these flanges 3 increase in Width' toward the lower end. The said body portion is cylindrical in shape and is connected together permanently only at its upper end and by means of a strip 4, that is rigid with one side of the body portion, but is pivotally connected with the opposite side. v In this way it is seen that the separated portion of the body portion can be moved apart upon said pivotal connection upon the pivot at the upper end. A binding-strip 5 is employed to hold the separated portions together and also to control the extent to which they can be opened.

yits inner face with flanges to receive the flanges 3 of the body portion. The said' binding-strip also decreases in width toward the upper end, so that it fits firmly upon the tapering/jflanges 3 of the body portion. upper end of the binding-strip is provided with a finger-piece having two flat upper ends, so that it stands level with the upper edge of the implement, whereby said implement can be forced into the earth by pressure of the foot.

In using this implement the binding-strip is first forced upon the anges 3 until the separable edges of the body portion are held firmly together and in position, the upper end of the finger-piece of the binding-Strip being even with the upper edge of the implement. The implement is then placed around the plant to be transplanted and forced into the earth by pressure of the foot or otherwise. The plant and implement can then be re moved, as the pressure upon the earth within the implement is sufficient to keep the dirt in place around the roots of the plant. The planter can then be transported to the place where it is desired to transplant the same, and then by withdrawing the binding-strip the lower end of the separable portion of the implement springs apart,which increases the capacity of the body portion, and consequently reduces the pressure upon the earth to such an extent that the transplanted earth and roots will readily drop therefrom, although it will be understood that said strip can be removed entirely to increase the extent to which the separable portions of the implement can be separated.

The spring-wire at the upper edge of the implement, as well as the body portion of the same, are made so that there is aitendency on the part of the body portion to separate, as'shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a transplanter implement the combina= tion of cylinder l open at one side, constructed of sheet metal, an elastic ring around the The IOO

top of the same; a link pivotally connected earth and the plant without disturbing the to the open side of the cylinder at the top so same as speoied. that the tension of the ring tends to open the In testimony whereof I have signed this bottom of the Cylinder; reverse flanges 3, on specification in the presence of two subscrib- 5 the open sides of the cylinder and a slide 5 ing Witnesses.

to crowd over the flanges and draw the bottom of the transplanter implement together ORVILLE LMILLAR' so that when the implement is in use and the IVitnesses: plant has been moved and the slide is drawn ISAAC M. FLINT, 1o up the transplanter releases the load of the CLARENCE E. MILLAR. 

